What Is Carding Wool Rugs
Carding pulls the fibers straight while removing any remaining dirt or vegetable matter.
What is carding wool rugs. Wool is one of the most durable materials for carpets and wool rugs go back to ancient times. There are many different types of wool and. At sheep to shawl we demonstrate two methods. 54 tpi is the coarsest they come and you use this for carding coarse wool.
In the grease means that the lanolin that naturally comes with the wool has not been washed out leaving the wool with a slightly greasy feel. 72 tpi standard designed for most wool and similar animal hair. Wool rugs are one of the best quality fabric floor coverings available. This is achieved by passing the fibres between differentially moving surfaces covered with card clothing.
Comb for wool carding is carried out as follows. Carding cloth is identified by its density of the pointed wire matrix measured as teeth per inch or tpi. After washing or spot cleaning brush your rug gently with a carding brush while still damp. The typical carding cloth options for drum carders are.
And again once completely dry to encourage original fluffy appearance. Twisting the wool fibers so that they form a single strand of yarn. The wool is pulled into slivers long strips of fibers loosely pulled together and running in the same direction. The medium carding cloth is excellent for the first carding of most mohair.
It can also be used for blending mohair with other fibers but is not suitable for 100 baby kid and other very fine delicate specialty fibers which are best carded entirely on the fur or fine drum or spun from picked locks. 72 tpi is a good all around carding cloth if you re used to working with wool in varying levels of coarseness. Please refer to the care tab for more information about looking after your rug. They are much in demand because of their value style versatility beauty and long life.
Drop spindle and spinning wheel. Carding produces what s called a rolag or small roll that is ready for spinning. Wool is fitted onto the comb s teeth and torn by hands into two parts then the two bunches of wool were put together again and the operation is repeated until all the fibers in a bunch align in the same direction more or less. Tpi stands for teeth per inch and it determines how many points you d find on one square inch of carding cloth.
Brushing the fibers to remove the tangles and align the wool in a uniform direction. The carding brush is designed specifically for brushing sheepskin. Carding is a mechanical process that disentangles cleans and intermixes fibres to produce a continuous web or sliver suitable for subsequent processing. Carding of wool can either be done in the grease or not depending on the type of machine and on the spinner s preference.